– To Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Magic Flute and Poppea, 2016 and The Enchanted Pig, 2017) for her fabulous recital as a finalist in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Contest 2021. If you didn’t catch her in the contest, watch her here singing  “Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” from Massenet’s Werther.

– To Esme Bronwen-Smith (Sāvitri, 2020) for winning the Leeds Lieder/Schubert Institute UK Song Prize 2021.